00:00The chair lays before the Senate the certificate of appointment to fill the vacancy created
00:09by the death of Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina.
00:16The certificate the chair has advised is in the form suggested by the Senate.
00:23If there is no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived and it will be printed in full
00:32in the record.
00:34If the senator-designate will now present herself at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office.
00:59Please raise your right hand.
01:03Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign
01:13and domestic?
01:14That you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely,
01:24without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,
01:30and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter.
01:38So help you God.
01:40I do.
01:42For more than 25 hours of education in my memory.
02:10For more
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